General Directorate of Forestry (DGF), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Tunisia

Description

The project will assist the government of Tunisia in improving the conservation of biodiversity within the protected areas through implementation of management plans at three national parks together with local communities and capacity building at the regional levels to assure sustainable ecosystem management and monitoring.

Implementation Status

The project became effective 07/18/2002; the launch mission took place 12/17/2002; the first funds were made available by the Government to the implementing agency on 09/15/2003. The project was slow taking off, followed by a good start after last supervision, but does not seem to be able to catch up with the delays. Delays are caused by: procurement procedures, limited support from high level management and no incentive to staff. During the next supervision mission, recommendations will be made for a significant restructuring. Subsequently, a letter will be sent by Bank Management to Borrower to highlight all key issues and actions recommended. A closer supervision is required. MTR is scheduled for December 6, 2005.